Denmark men's national basketball team

The Denmark men's national basketball team (Danish: Danmarks landshbasketballhold) represents Denmark in international basketball competition. They are controlled by the Danish Basketball Association.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Denmark women's national basketball team.

Denmark
FIBA ranking56 3 (9 December 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA1951
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationDBBF
CoachErez Bittman
Nickname(s)De rød-hvide
(The Red and White)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances3
MedalsNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances1
Medals Gold: (2010)

The Denmark national team competed regularly at the EuroBasket, the top European tournament in the 1950s. Their best appearance came in 1951. Although since then, the team has struggled to maintain consistency to challenge the international elites. Denmark also has yet to reach qualification to play on the global stage at the FIBA World Cup.

History

EuroBasket 1951

Denmark debuted in the European championships at the EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. They were defeated in all of their preliminary round games, going 0–4. They ended up in last place in their group. In a direct elimination match against Luxembourg, Denmark took a 46–45 lead with 5 seconds left. A final half-court shot by Luxembourg bounced off the rim, giving Denmark its first ever win at the EuroBasket tournament and advancing the team to the first classification round. They picked up another win there, against Scotland, finishing in third place in the group at 1–2. Their third win of the tournament came against Portugal in the 13th–16th place classification semifinal. Denmark then lost to Switzerland in the 13th/14th place match to finish 14th of the 18 teams with a record of 3–7.

EuroBasket 1953

Two years later, at the EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow, Denmark did not fare as well. They dropped eight of their matches (three in the preliminary round, three in the first classification round, and the two-second-round classification games) on their way to a 16th-place finish out of the 17 teams in the tournament.

EuroBasket 1955

At the EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest, the national team struggled there as well just as they did at the prior EuroBasket. Losing all eight of their matches in non competitive fashion, this time they finished in last place of the 18 teams at the event.

Later years

After the EuroBasket 1955, the Danish national team regressed and never qualified for a major tournament again. Though, they did achieve some success on a lower level, at the European Championship for Small Countries, where they won Gold in 2010.

Competitive record

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 4 4 0 336 282 +54 8 Advance to second round
2  Armenia 4 2 2 299 296 +3 6 Withdrew after first round
3  Albania 4 0 4 275 332 −57 4 Transfer to third round
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 4 2 2 298 282 +16 6 Qualification to EuroBasket qualifiers
2  Denmark 4 2 2 327 329 −2 6 Transfer to third round
3  Belarus 4 2 2 310 324 −14 6
Source: FIBA

Group E
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 4 4 0 313 274 +39 8 Qualification to EuroBasket qualifiers
2  Belarus 4 2 2 314 267 +47 6
3  Albania 4 0 4 247 333 −86 4
Source: FIBA

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 264 199 +65 6 EuroBasket 2022
2  Denmark 3 1 2 223 239 −16 4
3  Lithuania 3 1 2 238 255 −17 4[lower-alpha 1]
4  Czech Republic 3 1 2 226 258 −32 4[lower-alpha 1] EuroBasket 2022 as host
Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2020. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. Lithuania 97–89 Czech Republic
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows will be played behind closed doors in select host cities.[2]

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers matches played on 21 and 24 February 2020 against Czech Republic and Belgium.[3]

Denmark men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G 1 Gabriel Lundberg 25 – (1994-12-04)4 December 1994 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Iberostar Tenerife
PG 2 Sebastian Petersen 24 – (1995-12-09)9 December 1995 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Svendborg Rabbits
G 4 Adama Darboe 33 – (1986-04-26)26 April 1986 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Bakken Bears
C 6 Jonas Bergstedt 28 – (1991-07-06)6 July 1991 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Rilski Sportist
F 8 Darko Jukić 29 – (1990-08-23)23 August 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Bakken Bears
C 9 Sami Eleraky 26 – (1993-05-30)30 May 1993 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Zamalek
SF 11 Mads Bonde Stürup 22 – (1997-05-24)24 May 1997 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Innova Chef
PG 12 Frederik Nielsen 31 – (1988-07-27)27 July 1988 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Murcia
F/C 21 Kevin Larsen 26 – (1993-07-17)17 July 1993 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Palencia
F 31 Jonathan Gilling 28 – (1991-06-29)29 June 1991 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Almansa
F 33 Daniel Mortensen 25 – (1994-10-21)21 October 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Wetterbygden Stars
G/F 91 Philip Hertz 27 – (1992-07-16)16 July 1992 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Be'er Sheva
Head coach
  • Erez Bittman
Assistant coach(es)
  • Jesper Soerensen
  • Jakob Hjorth
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 21 February 2020

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3
C Jonas Bergstedt Sami Eleraky Jacob Jensen Lasse Elbaek
PF Kevin Larsen Daniel Mortensen Zarko Jukic Sylvester Berg
SF Darko Jukic Jonathan Gilling Chris Nielsen Morten Sahlertz
SG Shavon Shields Philip Hertz Thomas Laerke David Knudsen
PG Gabriel Lundberg Adama Darboe Frederik Nielsen Chanan Colman

Head coach position
  • Allan Foss – (2004 - 2009)
  • / Peter Hoffman – (2010 - 2011)
  • Pieti Poikola – (2013 - 2016)
  • Erez Bittman - (2017 – present)

Past rosters

1951 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 18 teams

3 Knud Lundberg, 4 Knud Norskov, 5 Erik Korsbjerg, 6 Erik Wilbek, 7 Peter Tantholdt, 8 Belger Can, 9 Bent Sondergaard, 10 Erik Melbye, 11 Sven Thomsen, 12 John Christensen, 13 Ove Nielsen, 14 Kai Sogaard, 15 Erik Carlsen, 16 Niels Mygind (Coach: ?)

1953 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 17 teams

3 Kai Sorensen, 4 Knud Norskov, 5 Knud Lundberg, 6 Peter Tantholdt, 7 John Christensen, 8 Erik Madsen, 10 Torben Starup-Hansen, 11 Ivan Rasmussen, 12 Ove Nielsen, 13 Erik Wilbek, 14 Pierre Meilsej, 15 Willi Mouritsen, 16 John Nielsen (Coach: ?)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 18th among 18 teams

3 Kai Sogaard, 4 Erik Korsbjerg, 5 Peter Tantholdt, 6 Pierre Meilsej, 7 An Lillelund, 8 Ivan Rasmussen, 9 Ove Nielsen, 10 T Storup, 11 P Hintz, 12 T Malmquist, 13 Willi Mouritsen, 14 S Sparre (Coach: ?)

Kit

Manufacturer

2018: Spalding

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. "Denmark during the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers in Feb. 2020". Retrieved 21 February 2020.

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